Amon Rapp

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
109 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Amon Rapp is a scholar working on Human-Computer Interaction, Sociology and Political Science and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Amon Rapp has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Human-Computer Interaction, 31 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 21 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Amon Rapp's work include Innovative Human-Technology Interaction (55 papers), Digital Games and Media (23 papers) and Educational Games and Gamification (21 papers). Amon Rapp is often cited by papers focused on Innovative Human-Technology Interaction (55 papers), Digital Games and Media (23 papers) and Educational Games and Gamification (21 papers). Amon Rapp collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Amon Rapp's co-authors include Federica Cena, Arianna Boldi, Lorenzo Curti, Lia Tirabeni, Maurizio Tirassa, Frank Hopfgartner, Conor Linehan, Juho Hamari, Massimo Zancanaro and Eleonora Mencarini and has published in prestigious journals such as Computers in Human Behavior, IEEE Access and Computers & Education.

In The Last Decade

Amon Rapp

103 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

The human side of human-chatbot interaction: A systematic... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The human side of human-chatbot interaction: A systematic literature review of ten years of research on text-based chatbots
    2021 362 citations Amon Rapp, Arianna Boldi et al. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Amon Rapp Italy 23 770 544 443 425 279 109 2.0k
Gary Hsieh United States 27 921 1.2× 652 1.2× 399 0.9× 118 0.3× 304 1.1× 83 2.4k
Evangelos Karapanos Portugal 24 1.2k 1.6× 838 1.5× 194 0.4× 162 0.4× 308 1.1× 87 2.7k
Jason Yip United States 24 881 1.1× 481 0.9× 292 0.7× 291 0.7× 138 0.5× 107 2.0k
Kwan Min Lee United States 24 502 0.7× 886 1.6× 523 1.2× 284 0.7× 169 0.6× 43 2.4k
Katie Seaborn Japan 12 510 0.7× 584 1.1× 274 0.6× 1.2k 2.8× 116 0.4× 57 2.1k
Effie Lai‐Chong Law United Kingdom 22 1.5k 2.0× 583 1.1× 364 0.8× 347 0.8× 89 0.3× 124 3.0k
Sarah Diefenbach Germany 22 963 1.3× 632 1.2× 231 0.5× 95 0.2× 244 0.9× 96 2.4k
Elisa D. Mekler Switzerland 27 697 0.9× 1.1k 2.0× 172 0.4× 1.3k 3.0× 273 1.0× 70 2.7k
Panayiotis Zaphiris Cyprus 26 479 0.6× 961 1.8× 220 0.5× 398 0.9× 69 0.2× 149 2.7k
Oren Zuckerman Israel 24 827 1.1× 220 0.4× 258 0.6× 322 0.8× 136 0.5× 75 2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Amon Rapp

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All Works

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Di, Luigi, et al.. (2025). How Do People Develop Folk Theories of Generative AI Text-to-Image Models? A Qualitative Study on How People Strive to Explain and Make Sense of GenAI. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction. 41(23). 14846–14870.
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Musto, Cataldo, Marco Polignano, Amon Rapp, Giovanni Semeraro, & Jürgen Ziegler. (2025). 7th Workshop on Explainable User Models and Personalised Systems (ExUM 2025). CINECA IRIS Institutional Research Information System (University of Bari Aldo Moro). 174–176. 1 indexed citations
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Rapp, Amon, Federica Cena, Christoph Trattner, et al.. (2023). BehavRec: Workshop on Recommendations for Behavior Change. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 1231–1233. 1 indexed citations
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Rapp, Amon & Arianna Boldi. (2023). Exploring the Lived Experience of Behavior Change Technologies: Towards an Existential Model of Behavior Change for HCI. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction. 30(6). 1–50. 18 indexed citations
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Cena, Federica, Amon Rapp, Cataldo Musto, & Giovanni Semeraro. (2020). Generating Recommendations From Multiple Data Sources: A Methodological Framework for System Design and Its Application. IEEE Access. 8. 183430–183447. 8 indexed citations
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Rapp, Amon & Lia Tirabeni. (2020). Self-tracking while doing sport: Comfort, motivation, attention and lifestyle of athletes using personal informatics tools. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies. 140. 102434–102434. 32 indexed citations
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Rapp, Amon. (2019). Design fictions for learning: A method for supporting students in reflecting on technology in Human-Computer Interaction courses. Computers & Education. 145. 103725–103725. 22 indexed citations
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Rapp, Amon, et al.. (2018). Designing technology for spatial needs: Routines, control and social competences of people with autism. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies. 120. 49–65. 26 indexed citations
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Rapp, Amon, Federica Cena, Alessia Calafiore, et al.. (2018). Holistic User Models for Cognitive Disabilities. Institutional Research Information System University of Turin (University of Turin). 109–113.
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Calafiore, Alessia & Amon Rapp. (2016). Gamifying the City: Pervasive Game Elements in the Urban Environment.. Institutional Research Information System University of Turin (University of Turin). 1715. 1–6. 2 indexed citations
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Rapp, Amon, et al.. (2016). A Field Evaluation of an Intelligent Interaction Between People and a Territory and its Cultural Heritage. 11–14. 1 indexed citations
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Cena, Federica, et al.. (2014). Ontologies for Quantified Self: a Semantic Approach. Institutional Research Information System University of Turin (University of Turin). 1210. 3–6. 1 indexed citations
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Cena, Federica, et al.. (2014). Self-Monitoring of Emotions: a Novel Personal Informatics Solution for an Enhanced Self-Reporting.. 1181. 1–7. 9 indexed citations
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Rapp, Amon. (2013). Beyond Gamification: Enhancing User Engagement through Meaningful Game Elements. Foundations of Digital Games. 485–487. 7 indexed citations
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Rapp, Amon, et al.. (2013). Playing while Testing: How to Gamify a User Field Evaluation. Human Factors in Computing Systems. 3 indexed citations
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Rapp, Amon, et al.. (2013). Wearable accessories for cycling. 415–424. 12 indexed citations
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Rapp, Amon, et al.. (2010). The art of video MashUp: supporting creative users with an innovative and smart application. Multimedia Tools and Applications. 53(1). 1–23. 5 indexed citations

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